"Sión" meaning in Old Irish

See Sión in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Sión [mutation, mutation-radical], Ṡión [lenition, mutation], Sión [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Etymology templates: {{bor|sga|la-ecc|Sīōn}} Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, {{der|sga|grc-koi|Σῑών}} Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), {{der|sga|hbo|צִיּוֹן|tr=ṣiyyôn}} Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn) Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|g=m}} Sión m Inflection templates: {{sga-mutation}}
  1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places in Israel, Places in Palestine

Alternative forms

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      "ציון#Hebrew"
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "kind": "place",
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        "Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)"
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          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "West Jerusalem",
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        ],
        [
          "Israel",
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      ],
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        "religion"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
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    {
      "form": "Sión",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
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          "Ṡión",
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        "lenition",
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      "form": "Sión",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation"
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      ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for Sión meaning in Old Irish (2.7kB)

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